Gate.



m. B. SMITH. GATE.

(Application filed Sept. 11, 1899.)

| No. 649,369. Patented May 8, I900.

(No Model.)

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- UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION ll. SMITH, OF PLAIN CITY, Oll IO.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 649,369, dated May 8,1900.

Application filed September 11, 1899- Serial No. 730,103. (No model.)

To (tZZ whmlt it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION B. SMITH, 01' Plain City, in the county ofMadison and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Gate, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Myinvention relates particularly to a farmgate, and has for one objectto provide an economic and durable construction which will preventstrain upon the posts when the gate is closed,an(l, furthermore, toprovide a means so that when a gate is closed it cannot be pushed out atthe top or bottom and may be held against vertical movement or permittedto move up and down to a limited extent for' the passage of small stock.

Another object of the invention is to so 0011- struct the gate that itmust be raised before it can be opened, thus enabling the gate to clearobstructions that would otherwise have a detrimental action upon it,and, furthermore, to provide means for dropping the gate wheneverdesired, so that when the gate is partially opened it may be so held bycausing the front end of the gate to engage with the ground.

Theinvention consistsin the novelconstruction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indipost, and B the keeper-postfor the improved gate 0. The keeper-post B is provided with anupwardly-facing hook near its upper end and with a corresponding hook 11near its lower end, and between these two hooks l0 and 11 on the sameside of the keeper-post a downwardly-curved guide-bar 12 is located, anda stop-pin 13 is placed above the said guide-bar. The gate 0 may be ofany suitable material. Preferably, however, the top and the bottom railsor members of the gate extend beyond its forward or :free edge to suchan extent that they may rest upon the hookkeepers 10 and 11 when thegate is closed. Also the gate is preferably provided with parallel andspaced front double bars 14, parallel and spaced double intermediatebars 15, and spaced double rear bars 19.

A combined hinge and latch-bar D is employed in connection with thisgate, and said hinge and latch-bar extends from the upper rear portionof the gate at its end between double diagonal braces 18 and between thedouble intermediate bars and front bars 14 of the gate out beyond thefront end of said gate. The said combined hinge and latch-bar terminatesin a head having a shoulder 20, adapted to engage with an end 21 ofahorizontal slat 22 of the gate, which end 21 of the slat extends beyondthe front end of the gate, such engagement taking place in the elevatedp0- sition of the gate to be hereinafter described. A spur 22 isproduced at the underside of the slat 22 near its projecting end.

The combined hinge and latclrbar D is unattached to the gatethroughoutits length, and the head end of the said hinge and latch-bar Dis adapted to rest upon the curved bar 12 of the keeper-post B. The barD is utilized to hinge the upper portion of the gate to the swing-postB, and to that end the upper end portion of the latch-bar D is providedwith an adjustable hinged member 23, (shown best in Fig. 3,) havingpivotal engagement with a member 24,which is secured to the swing-post,and the said hinged member 23 is passed through a suitable guide 23,secured to the bar D. The inner end of the hinged member 23 is threaded,and a nut 23 is placed upon said threaded end and brought to anengagement with the guide 23. This hinge is made adjustable in orderthat any slack caused by wear at the hinge portion of the gate may bereadily taken up. A hinge member 25 is socured firmly to the lower rearend portion of the gate, and this hinge member 25 is pivot allyconnected with a member 26, secured to the swing-post B, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

The gate 0 is raised and lowered through the medium of a lifting deviceE. This liftingdoviee E consists, preferably,of a lever 27,

usually made in two parallel members, one at each side of the gatestructure, and both members of the lever are pivoted near their upperends by a suitable pin 28 to the combined hinge and latch-bar D. Alift-bar 29 projects forwardly from the lever 27 above its fulcrum,being pivoted to the said lever and mounted to slide upon the combinedhinge and latchbar D. A link 30 is pivoted to the sliding liftbar 29,and the said link engages with the front portion of the spur 22 of theslat 22, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The slidinglift-bar is provided nearits forward end with a pin 31, and the said pin, when the gate islowered and in its closed position, enters recesses 32 produced in thefront bars 14 of the gate structure. The bottoms of the recesses 32 arepreferably straight and the upper walls more or less curved.

When the gate is in its closed position, the upper and lower portions ofthe gate at its free end, which portions project, rest upon thehook-keepers and 11, as shown in Fig. 1. When the gate is to be opened,the lower end of the lever 27 is carried in direction of the keeper-postB, whereupon the sliding lift-bar 29 is drawn from engagement with thepin 13 on the keeper-post B, said sliding lift-bar being in engagementwith the pin 13 when the gate is closed, as shown in Fig. 1, and as thesliding lift-bar is slid from engagement with the pin 13 the link willdraw upward and rearward or in direction of the swing-post B, carryingthe front end of the gate upward to the position shown in Fig. 2 as thesaid link 30 engages with the slat 22 of the gate, and when the gate isthus raised it can be readily swung open. lVhen the gate has beenclosed, it may be readily locked in its closed position by carrying thelever 27 in direction of the swing-post B, thus bringing the lift-bar 29beneath the pin 13 and carrying the pin 31 into the recesses 32 of thebars 14, as shown in Fig. 1. It will be understood that the pin 31 iscarried out from the recesses 32 simultaneously with the lift-bar 29,leaving the pin 13 on the keeper-post B. When the gate is partiallyopened and it is desired to hold it in such position, it is simplynecessary topermit the gate to drop, whereupon its forward end at thebottom will engage with the ground.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination,with a gate, of a bar adapted for hinged connection with the swingpostat one end and adapted to be supported on a keeper-post at its oppositeend, a gate through which the said bar passes, the bar being unattachedto the gate throughout its length, a lever fulorumed upon the said bar,a lift-bar connected with the lever at a point above its fulcrum, and aconnection between said lift-bar and said gate, as described.

2. The combination, with a swing-post and a keeper-post, the keeper-postbeing provided with upper and lower upwardly-facing hooks and a supportbetween said hooks, of a gate hinged at its lower end to the swingpost,a bar loosely passed through the said gate, having a hinged connectionat one end with the said swing-post, the other end being arranged forengagement with the said support on the keeper-post, a lever fulcrumedupon the said bar, a projection from the lever at a point above itsfulcrum, and a lift-bar pivotally attached to the said projection andhaving sliding and pivotal connection with the gate, as and for thepurpose described.

3. The combination, with a swing-post, a keeper-post havingupwardly-facing hookkeepers at its top and bottom, and a supportintermediate of the keepers, of a gate hinged to the swing-post at itslower rear end, a bar passed diagonally through the gate unattachedthroughout its length, the upper rear end of which bar is adj ustablyhinged to the swing-post the forward end of which terminates in ashouldered head extended beyond the front of the gate for engagementwith a support on the keeper-post, projections from the upper and lowerportions of the gate at its forward or free end, adapted for engagementwith the hook-keepers, a projection from the free end of the gate,adapted when the gate is lifted to engage with the shouldered portion ofthe hinge-bar, a lever fulcrumed on the hinge-bar, and a lift-barpivotally conneoted with said lever, having sliding and pivotalengagement with said gate, for the purpose described.

MARION B. SMITH. WVitnesses:

O. K. HowLAND, JEssE HowLAND.

